Translation, Arthur Adamov. Cast: Vincent Bonillo, Pierre Dubey, Bérangère Mastrangelo, Patricia Mollet-Mercier, Clarisse Morizot, Pierre Omer, Juliana Samarine and Edmond Vuilloud. Directed by Françoise Courvoisier. Assistant director, Nelson Duborgel. Artistic collaboration: Gilbert Maire (set design) and André Kasper (painting). Lighting, Rinaldo Del Boca. Music, Pierre Omer. Sound, Nicolas Le Roy.
ASTROV. Man was endowed with reason in order to multiply what had been given to him, but so far, he does not create, he destroys… There are fewer and fewer forests, game is disappearing, and the climate is becoming harsher by the day. Every day, the earth grows poorer and uglier.

A strikingly relevant play, particularly in its indictment of humanity’s destruction of nature. But it is also a play about love, the passage of time, and lost illusions… Equally timeless are the family conflicts in which power struggles and frustrations become intertwined… In short, all of humanity—both splendid and terrifying—is present in this masterpiece by Chekhov, where the tragedy of existence takes on a comic quality that is as disarming as it is profound.

Fifteen years after her memorable staging of The Seagull at Théâtre Pitoëff, Françoise Courvoisier returns to an author she holds dearer than any other.